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By *arkman69 OP   Man
over a year ago

Erdington

Had anyone done one of these?

I've just brought a dslr camera and looking at taking up photography but whenever I look up beginners courses, I keep seeing online courses a lot more than college courses.

Is it better than actually speaking to people???

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Spend a few months experimenting with it off your own bat. There are a couple of good books out there that will cover what a basic course would cover.

Ultimately, the only way to get better is to take photo's and lots of them.

Experiment with settings, learn what each setting does to your image.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Had anyone done one of these?

I've just brought a dslr camera and looking at taking up photography but whenever I look up beginners courses, I keep seeing online courses a lot more than college courses.

Is it better than actually speaking to people??? "

There are some good and lots of terrible online courses. The good ones will cost you more than your camera, the bad just aren't worth it.

You'd be better off "The Digital Photography Book" by Scott Kelby. It's great for beginners and will teach you about composition, exposure, lighting, creative techniques. There's also a TON of great stuff on Youtube.

Do you have anything specific you'd want to learn?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Had anyone done one of these?

I've just brought a dslr camera and looking at taking up photography but whenever I look up beginners courses, I keep seeing online courses a lot more than college courses.

Is it better than actually speaking to people??? "

There's only three settings. Aperture, shutter speed and ISO. The rest is practice.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Had anyone done one of these?

I've just brought a dslr camera and looking at taking up photography but whenever I look up beginners courses, I keep seeing online courses a lot more than college courses.

Is it better than actually speaking to people???

There's only three settings. Aperture, shutter speed and ISO. The rest is practice."

Forgot to tell you, I love your website. Some really striking images and some really unusual ones too.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Had anyone done one of these?

I've just brought a dslr camera and looking at taking up photography but whenever I look up beginners courses, I keep seeing online courses a lot more than college courses.

Is it better than actually speaking to people??? "

Try it out. Join a local photographers club. Don't bother throwing your money at anything other than your equipment until you are confident that you have reached your ceiling.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Had anyone done one of these?

I've just brought a dslr camera and looking at taking up photography but whenever I look up beginners courses, I keep seeing online courses a lot more than college courses.

Is it better than actually speaking to people???

There's only three settings. Aperture, shutter speed and ISO. The rest is practice.

Forgot to tell you, I love your website. Some really striking images and some really unusual ones too."

My website? I don't think I put a web address above.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

ive learnt shit loads by being a member of a facebook group, and everyone is lovely and chips in with knowledge CC and advice

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"ive learnt shit loads by being a member of a facebook group, and everyone is lovely and chips in with knowledge CC and advice "
ive done the same as you, a member of a studio based networking group that meets monthly. With 'time for prints' models and a free to use studio and setup.

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By *elvet RopeMan
over a year ago

by the big field

Start shooting everyting on auto, so you can initially concentrate on the composition- then after each picture, have a look at the settings the camera selects to start learning a bit more about the aperture/shutter/ISO triangle mentioned above.

Generally, they make a fairly decent job of most shots (I often shoot in auto with the flash disabled- always in raw format as i'm an habitual photoshop fiddler with a background in grading video images) and i save the manual setups for if i'm after a particular look, (such as a backlit silhouette) that the auto just can't provide.

Don't get too wrapped up in settings just yet, let the camera do the work while you look after whats in the frame.

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By *ust_for_laughsCouple
over a year ago

Hinckley

1) The Complete Guide to Digital Photography by Ian Farrell

2) Find a local photographer that will show you the ropes

3) As Wasp said: ISO, Aperture and Shutter Speed is all you need to know anyway.

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By *ust_for_laughsCouple
over a year ago

Hinckley

Then all you need to remember is - all photographers are twats and all models are thick...

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"1) The Complete Guide to Digital Photography by Ian Farrell"

A great title. Hugely useful

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"1) The Complete Guide to Digital Photography by Ian Farrell

A great title. Hugely useful"

Very good friend of mine. Excellent book.

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By *ust_for_laughsCouple
over a year ago

Hinckley


"1) The Complete Guide to Digital Photography by Ian Farrell

A great title. Hugely useful

Very good friend of mine. Excellent book."

You recommended it to me years ago; one of the few things we've ever agreed on!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Buy the for dummies book for your make and Model and it will help you out immensely and it is in layman terms and shows pics which are all very easy to follow and explains in detail about Aperture, Iso & shutter speeds .

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By *arkman69 OP   Man
over a year ago

Erdington

Thanks for the advice fabbers, helped me a great deal. Ive just ordered Complete Guide to Digital Photography by Ian Farrell off amazon!

Watch this space for some even more exotic, fab pics

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By *ust_for_laughsCouple
over a year ago

Hinckley

And you've saved yourself a ton of cash on an online course!

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By *arkman69 OP   Man
over a year ago

Erdington


"And you've saved yourself a ton of cash on an online course!

"

Indeed. Most were at least 150 and I don't think I'm gonna pay that much, especially for a beginners course!!

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By *ust_for_laughsCouple
over a year ago

Hinckley


"And you've saved yourself a ton of cash on an online course!

Indeed. Most were at least 150 and I don't think I'm gonna pay that much, especially for a beginners course!! "

They're a rip off...that book and a friendly photographer will teach you ask you need to know.

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By *ust_for_laughsCouple
over a year ago

Hinckley

As long as you've not bought a Nikon, in which case there's no fucking hope for you

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I've been thinking of getting a photography qualification..I just cant be arsed learning about film processing etc etc..I always found photography really boring..especially dark room stuff

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"As long as you've not bought a Nikon, in which case there's no fucking hope for you"

can I borrow your wife?..I meant camera...honest

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By *elvet RopeMan
over a year ago

by the big field


"As long as you've not bought a Nikon, in which case there's no fucking hope for you"

*sniggers* Go team Red!

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By *icked weaselCouple
over a year ago

Near Edinburgh..

we got the shitty lowest priced Canon dslr.. but we like to think it takes nice pics lol

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By *ost SockMan
over a year ago

West Wales and Cardiff

I agree that the understanding the interaction between aperture, ISO and shutter speed is the key. Your pictures will get way better and it'll put you ahead of the vast majority of people taking snaps.

I would add that there are some very simple "rules" for composition. They're easily understood and incorporated into your photos. It'll take a few minutes to read.

I found a big jump in the quality of my photos once I started applying them. Of course, rules are there to be broken, but they are very useful. Only problem is, I hate looking at my photos pre-understanding these!

They can be found on loads of websites.

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By *ust_for_laughsCouple
over a year ago

Hinckley

Once you've got the rule of thirds stuck in your head, it ruins TV and cinema for all eternity...add lighting and you're completely fucked; you can never watch anything again without analysing it!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Oh if was just ISO, aperture and shutter speed

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Once you've got the rule of thirds stuck in your head, it ruins TV and cinema for all eternity...add lighting and you're completely fucked; you can never watch anything again without analysing it!"

You're not wrong, it drives me fookin mad now

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By *est Wales WifeCouple
over a year ago

Near Carmarthen


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There's only three settings. Aperture, shutter speed and ISO. The rest is practice."

Whilst the exposure triangle is pretty much the essence of it; the results do change depending on other factors such the relationship between focal length and depth of field. So learning how these change and how to compensate exposure for (say) strong backlighting is essential as well.

Joining a good camera club is one of the best ways to learn.

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By *arkman69 OP   Man
over a year ago

Erdington


"As long as you've not bought a Nikon, in which case there's no fucking hope for you"

Nah, got a Sony with a macro lens as well as a normal one.

All sorted and ready to go

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By *elvet RopeMan
over a year ago

by the big field


"Once you've got the rule of thirds stuck in your head, it ruins TV and cinema for all eternity...add lighting and you're completely fucked; you can never watch anything again without analysing it!

You're not wrong, it drives me fookin mad now "

I worked in TV and film production for over a decade- I'm a nightmare to watch things with. Continuity mistakes- I have to point them out, changes in lighting setup for reverses, you're getting a detailed breakdown of what's wrong, dodgy fx- I'll be ranting about them, every time there's any sort of news crew or press conference scene and they have someone with a Beta Sp camera- they're getting shouted at as they've been obsolete for well over a decade (unless it's accurate to the time period of course).......I don't watch telly much in company for this very reason

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